I’ve been working on this since 2002. The genres I least like are war movies and horror movies, so these are the hardest to watch. Below is the top 250 as of 16 May 2002. I still need to see the films in red.

001. The Godfather (1972) 9.0/10 (54389 votes)

002. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 8.9/10 (71895 votes)

003. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.8/10 (58606 votes)

004. The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.8/10 (28708 votes)

005. Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (31650 votes)

006. Schindler’s List (1993) 8.7/10 (51619 votes)

007. Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (12229 votes)

               aka The Seven Samurai

008. Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (34587 votes)

009. Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (76994 votes)

010. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (2001) 8.7/10 (16323 votes)

               aka Amelie

011. Memento (2000) 8.7/10 (31881 votes)

012. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (31590 votes)

013. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 8.6/10 (34998 votes)

014. Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (20239 votes)

015. The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (54369 votes)

016. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (49136 votes)

017. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.5/10 (58370 votes)

018. Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (28102 votes)

019. Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.5/10 (66402 votes)

020. American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (57585 votes)

021. North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (18358 votes)

022. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (47993 votes)

023. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (21816 votes)

024. 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.5/10 (13158 votes)

025. Goodfellas (1990) 8.4/10 (31988 votes)

026. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.4/10 (15432 votes)

027. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966) 8.4/10 (10770 votes)

               aka The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

028. Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.4/10 (6770 votes)

029. Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (17598 votes)

030. Paths of Glory (1957) 8.3/10 (6210 votes)

031. Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (22872 votes)

032. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.3/10 (14755 votes)

033. Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.3/10 (29414 votes)

               aka Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

034. The Third Man (1949) 8.3/10 (9149 votes)

035. Fight Club (1999) 8.3/10 (46120 votes)

036. Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (13832 votes)

037. Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.3/10 (31220 votes)

038. Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (11542 votes)

039. Das boot (1981) 8.3/10 (13999 votes)

040. The Matrix (1999) 8.3/10 (68994 votes)

041. L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (37302 votes)

042. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (52617 votes)

043. M (1931) 8.3/10 (5415 votes)

044. All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (6337 votes)

045. Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (12789 votes)

046. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (10767 votes)

047. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (11663 votes)

048. La vita è bella (1997) 8.3/10 (20918 votes)

               aka Life Is Beautiful

049. Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (12837 votes)

050. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 8.2/10 (10436 votes)

051. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (20389 votes)

052. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.2/10 (29893 votes)

053. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (36372 votes)

054. The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.2/10 (46883 votes)

055. Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.2/10 (19113 votes)

056. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (6838 votes)

057. American History X (1998) 8.2/10 (24224 votes)

058. Double Indemnity (1944) 8.2/10 (5331 votes)

059. Rashomon (1950) 8.2/10 (4974 votes)

060. Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (5962 votes)

061. Alien (1979) 8.2/10 (32032 votes)

062. Se7en (1995) 8.2/10 (41041 votes)

               aka Seven

063. Léon (1994) 8.2/10 (23489 votes)

               aka The Professional

064. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.2/10 (32537 votes)

065. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.1/10 (6032 votes)

066. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.1/10 (5435 votes)

067. C’era una volta il West (1969) 8.1/10 (5453 votes)

               aka Once Upon a Time in the West

068. Ran (1985) 8.1/10 (5693 votes)

069. The Sting (1973) 8.1/10 (12225 votes)

070. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.1/10 (31745 votes)

071. Braveheart (1995) 8.1/10 (48868 votes)

072. Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (36633 votes)

073. Modern Times (1936) 8.1/10 (4821 votes)

074. On the Waterfront (1954) 8.1/10 (5970 votes)

075. Jaws (1975) 8.1/10 (23957 votes)

076. Amadeus (1984) 8.1/10 (20234 votes)

077. Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (10679 votes)

078. Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (42609 votes)

079. The General (1927) 8.1/10 (3230 votes)

080. Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (5130 votes)

081. The Great Escape (1963) 8.1/10 (9281 votes)

082. Lola rennt (1998) 8.1/10 (15083 votes)

               aka Run Lola Run

083. City Lights (1931) 8.1/10 (3830 votes)

084. The Apartment (1960) 8.1/10 (5197 votes)

085. Aliens (1986) 8.1/10 (35267 votes)

086. Shrek (2001) 8.1/10 (23146 votes)

087. Det sjunde inseglet (1957) 8.1/10 (4071 votes)

               aka The Seventh Seal

088. The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (30474 votes)

089. Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (3406 votes)

               aka The Bicycle Thief

090. Mulholland Dr. (2001) 8.0/10 (7942 votes)

091. High Noon (1952) 8.0/10 (6157 votes)

092. The Shining (1980) 8.0/10 (23762 votes)

093. The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (25202 votes)

094. Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.0/10 (4802 votes)

095. Rebecca (1940) 8.0/10 (5515 votes)

096. Spider-Man (2002) 8.0/10 (9166 votes)

097. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.0/10 (7346 votes)

               aka Cinema Paradiso

098. Yojimbo (1961) 8.0/10 (3530 votes)

099. It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (3792 votes)

100. The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (7898 votes)

Top 101 – 250:

101. Being John Malkovich (1999) 8.0/10 (25330 votes)

102. Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.0/10 (22603 votes)

103. The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (13453 votes)

104. Festen (1998) 8.0/10 (6115 votes)

               aka The Celebration

105. Monsters, Inc. (2001) 8.0/10 (11092 votes)

106. The Great Dictator (1940) 8.0/10 (4301 votes)

107. Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (11958 votes)

108. The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (14330 votes)

109. Almost Famous (2000) 8.0/10 (17125 votes)

110. The Searchers (1956) 8.0/10 (4933 votes)

111. Metropolis (1927) 8.0/10 (5163 votes)

112. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (5610 votes)

113. The Straight Story (1999) 8.0/10 (6152 votes)

114. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.0/10 (3044 votes)

115. Mononoke Hime (1997) 8.0/10 (7309 votes)

               aka Princess Mononoke

116. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (3946 votes)

117. Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (10919 votes)

118. The Big Sleep (1946) 8.0/10 (4950 votes)

119. Notorious (1946) 8.0/10 (4864 votes)

120. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 7.9/10 (10203 votes)

121. Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (6273 votes)

122. A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (9963 votes)

123. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (4591 votes)

124. Cool Hand Luke (1967) 7.9/10 (7185 votes)

125. Traffic (2000) 7.9/10 (20852 votes)

126. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) 7.9/10 (44284 votes)

127. Patton (1970) 7.9/10 (7106 votes)

128. La grande illusion (1937) 7.9/10 (2453 votes)

129. The Insider (1999) 7.9/10 (13840 votes)

130. Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (20856 votes)

131. Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (15731 votes)

132. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 7.9/10 (3352 votes)

133. Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (46721 votes)

134. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (3202 votes)

135. The Wild Bunch (1969) 7.9/10 (5673 votes)

136. Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (11090 votes)

137. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 7.9/10 (39255 votes)

138. His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (3188 votes)

139. Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.9/10 (5652 votes)

               aka Red

140. Donnie Darko (2001) 7.9/10 (3475 votes)

141. Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (11923 votes)

142. The Conversation (1974) 7.9/10 (4786 votes)

143. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (4604 votes)

144. Unforgiven (1992) 7.9/10 (15396 votes)

145. A Beautiful Mind (2001) 7.9/10 (13407 votes)

146. The Others (2001) 7.9/10 (10636 votes)

147. The Gold Rush (1925) 7.9/10 (3088 votes)

148. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (5897 votes)

149. Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (2561 votes)

               aka The Battleship Potemkin

150. Les quatre cents coups (1959) 7.9/10 (2777 votes)

               aka The 400 Blows

151. The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (3917 votes)

152. Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (3291 votes)

153. The Elephant Man (1980) 7.9/10 (7637 votes)

154. Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (17361 votes)

155. Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (8318 votes)

156. Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (24925 votes)

157. Platoon (1986) 7.9/10 (16769 votes)

158. Die Hard (1988) 7.9/10 (30973 votes)

159. Ghost World (2001) 7.8/10 (5464 votes)

160. Forrest Gump (1994) 7.8/10 (44832 votes)

161. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 7.8/10 (7457 votes)

162. Moulin Rouge! (2001) 7.8/10 (20574 votes)

163. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 7.8/10 (8249 votes)

164. The Exorcist (1973) 7.8/10 (15876 votes)

165. Todo sobre mi madre (1999) 7.8/10 (6014 votes)

               aka All About My Mother

166. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 7.8/10 (31734 votes)

167. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.8/10 (2327 votes)

168. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.8/10 (3558 votes)

169. Die xue shuang xiong (1989) 7.8/10 (4455 votes)

               aka The Killer

170. A Night at the Opera (1935) 7.8/10 (2998 votes)

171. Amores perros (2000) 7.8/10 (4123 votes)

172. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (3677 votes)

173. The Iron Giant (1999) 7.8/10 (6846 votes)

174. The Killing (1956) 7.8/10 (2848 votes)

175. Smultronstället (1957) 7.8/10 (2026 votes)

               aka Wild Strawberries

176. Life of Brian (1979) 7.8/10 (16887 votes)

177. Back to the Future (1985) 7.8/10 (34824 votes)

178. Snatch. (2000) 7.8/10 (16511 votes)

179. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.8/10 (3391 votes)

180. The Right Stuff (1983) 7.8/10 (7296 votes)

181. Stand by Me (1986) 7.8/10 (16105 votes)

182. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.8/10 (6537 votes)

183. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.8/10 (2424 votes)

184. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (9576 votes)

185. The Terminator (1984) 7.8/10 (29442 votes)

186. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) 7.8/10 (5141 votes)

187. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.8/10 (14914 votes)

188. Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.8/10 (33398 votes)

189. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (5952 votes)

190. La strada (1954) 7.8/10 (2280 votes)

191. All the President’s Men (1976) 7.7/10 (6615 votes)

192. Henry V (1989) 7.7/10 (5196 votes)

193. Charade (1963) 7.7/10 (3862 votes)

194. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.7/10 (6346 votes)

195. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 7.7/10 (16454 votes)

196. Trainspotting (1996) 7.7/10 (27338 votes)

197. Rain Man (1988) 7.7/10 (23215 votes)

198. Good Will Hunting (1997) 7.7/10 (33582 votes)

199. Laura (1944) 7.7/10 (2329 votes)

200. Dancer in the Dark (2000) 7.7/10 (7503 votes)

201. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 7.7/10 (3315 votes)

202. Da hong deng long gao gao gua (1991) 7.7/10 (2267 votes)

               aka Raise the Red Lantern

203. Jean de Florette (1986) 7.7/10 (3246 votes)

204. Gandhi (1982) 7.7/10 (8244 votes)

205. Fantasia (1940) 7.7/10 (8284 votes)

206. Miller’s Crossing (1990) 7.7/10 (6695 votes)

207. The Quiet Man (1952) 7.7/10 (3899 votes)

208. The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 7.7/10 (5692 votes)

209. Black Hawk Down (2001) 7.7/10 (9230 votes)

210. Ed Wood (1994) 7.7/10 (10357 votes)

211. Clerks. (1994) 7.7/10 (21179 votes)

212. You Can Count on Me (2000) 7.7/10 (3848 votes)

213. Network (1976) 7.7/10 (4603 votes)

214. Stagecoach (1939) 7.7/10 (2720 votes)

215. The Untouchables (1987) 7.7/10 (15199 votes)

216. King Kong (1933) 7.7/10 (4876 votes)

217. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 7.7/10 (5112 votes)

218. The Lion in Winter (1968) 7.7/10 (2890 votes)

219. The 39 Steps (1935) 7.7/10 (3652 votes)

220. Roman Holiday (1953) 7.7/10 (4256 votes)

221. Deliverance (1972) 7.7/10 (7265 votes)

222. Groundhog Day (1993) 7.7/10 (21468 votes)

223. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.7/10 (22767 votes)

224. Harvey (1950) 7.7/10 (3858 votes)

225. Ikiru (1952) 7.7/10 (1499 votes)

226. M*A*S*H (1970) 7.7/10 (8362 votes)

227. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 7.7/10 (14402 votes)

228. Beauty and the Beast (1991) 7.7/10 (12397 votes)

229. The Killing Fields (1984) 7.7/10 (5089 votes)
230. Being There (1979) 7.7/10 (5593 votes)
v231. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 7.7/10 (6818 votes)

232. From Here to Eternity (1953) 7.7/10 (2959 votes)
233. 8 1/2 (1963) 7.7/10 (3532 votes)

234. Rio Bravo (1959) 7.7/10 (3454 votes)

235. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) 7.7/10 (4162 votes)

236. My Fair Lady (1964) 7.7/10 (7165 votes)

237. The Birds (1963) 7.7/10 (9875 votes)

238. Central do Brasil (1998) 7.7/10 (6572 votes)

               aka Central Station

239. Der Himmel über Berlin (1987) 7.7/10 (4044 votes)

               aka Wings of Desire

240. The Fugitive (1993) 7.6/10 (29792 votes)

241. To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.6/10 (1418 votes)

242. October Sky (1999) 7.6/10 (6915 votes)

243. The Truman Show (1998) 7.6/10 (35344 votes)

244. Y tu mamá también (2001) 7.6/10 (1712 votes)

245. The Man Who Would Be King (1975) 7.6/10 (4201 votes)

246. Red River (1948) 7.6/10 (1533 votes)

247. The Thin Man (1934) 7.6/10 (2098 votes)

248. JFK (1991) 7.6/10 (13274 votes)

249. Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.6/10 (1685 votes)

               aka Grave of the Fireflies

250. Hua yang nian hua (2000) 7.6/10 (2514 votes)

               aka In the Mood for Love